[OZAPRS] Ballina area pretty dead for APRS

[Ray Wells]

Hi Dave,

Now it all falls into place and I know who you are. 6m forwarding, no, 
but Geoff did try forwarding to me via the gateway at UNE Armidale, the 
digi in Walcha (vk2tbu??)and then vk2plo at Point Lookout, all on 70cm. 
It wasn't quite as successful as we had hoped. In fact, complete 
disaster is a better description. I think I'd moved on from JNOS by then 
and was running Linux. John Tanner, vk2zxq, set me up with a two port 
packet switch for Linux (kernel 2.0.29 from memory) that booted from 
floppy and ran from RAM disk. One KISS port and one Baycom port. That 
was a bit of fun but I never did get the hang of dd to save changes.

Re the TNC's, I'm happy to store them for future activity to the north 
and I'm just as happy for someone else to store them. Either way I say 
thank you.

Ray vk2tv

On 09/11/10 06:48, Dave wrote:
> All,
>
> Sorry Ray, Dave VK2XPX, used to run a gateway at Newcastle Uni 
> (VK2RAP), back in JNOS days. Working with vk2eo, we tried 6m BBS 
> forwarding to you (I think).
>
> I have two PACcomm tncs back in Newcastle. I could get them to you (or 
> further up the coast, if there's someone working on something else 
> there). We expect to drive back to Newcastle for a while and then back 
> up the coast at least as far as Wooli over the the Christmas period. 
> Not sure about 828's because I did 'clean up' a bit ;-).
>
> Dave
> VK2XPX back in Cairns
>
>
> On 8/11/2010 11:09 AM, Ray Wells wrote:
>> Dave/All,
>>
>> First a question, just which Novocastrian Dave am I talking to? I 
>> know it's not David Russell because he's SK.
>>
>> A wish list? My supply of A band FM828's is dwindling. TNC2 
>> compatible TNC's are always handy for UIDigi and power supplies never 
>> go astray - you always need n+1 but the number on hand is always n-1.
>>
>> Since this morning I've done some plots at sites in Nambucca Heads 
>> and, quite frankly, the additional coverage on the highway isn't 
>> worth the trouble of making a phone call. I have re-plotted Mt 
>> Yarrahapinni and it would serve as a large(ish) area digi, something 
>> I've long known, having installed the first 2m voice repeater there 
>> yonks ago. A voice repeater still operates from the site so some 
>> desense would be unavoidable, but probably acceptable given the low 
>> level of activity. I would need to talk with the voice repeater 
>> operators. I already have authority to locate a translator there for 
>> the community radio station so there's another "in" that I can follow 
>> up.
>>
>> Regarding the guy in Grafton, it's Bob, vk2yrg. He didn't answer his 
>> phone this morning but I'll try again later to see if I can stir up 
>> some interest.
>>
>> I see there is a digi, vk2jub-1, 16km north of Grafton that gets to 
>> the IS via vk2rpl-3 and then vk4. If I remember correctly, the packet 
>> digi operated by vk2yrg was on a hill to the south of Grafton so 
>> there's probably a chance that site would also get in via vk2rpl-3. I 
>> remember Greg vk2pyu accessing the Grafton site for mail forwarding 
>> so there is some coverage down towards Coffs Harbour.
>>
>> Stay tuned for more.
>>
>> Ray vk2tv
>>
>>
>> On 08/11/10 11:24, dave at hunterlink.net.au wrote:
>
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